According to the Telegraph , the wall of dust reduced visibility, causing delayed flights and caused power outages for thousands of people at 5 / 7. Dust cloud is about 80km wide in some places, quickly covering the city Phoenix at dusk.
| Dust storms sweep the city of Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo: AP) |
Dust storms are part of the monsoon, usually beginning in mid-June and lasts until late September.Center U.S. National Weather Service said strong winds with speeds over 96km / h fast moving cloud of dust from the northwest through the city of Phoenix and the cities of Avondale, Tempe, Scottsdale.
More than a dozen residential areas in the region was placed under vigilance. Arizona state officials reported winds and tumbling the poles in Tempe, create fire in a crowded intersection, but firefighters quickly extinguished later.
| Dust storms are taller than the tall buildings and trees beat. (Photo: AP) |
Management Agency Federal Aviation said on its website that, because of low visibility in the region, there are no flights to Phoenix is approved to leave the airport Las Vegas or Los Angeles to 9 pm, while the aircraft must be parked in the airport about an hour.
| A car covered with thick dust. (Photo: Reuters) |
A man must wear a mask while waiting inside Sky Harbor International Airport, Phoenix. (Photo: Reuters) |
Customers sit at a cafe in Phoenix, in the dust flying everywhere. |
Visibility is reduced to 0 in some places because of the terrible dust storms. (Photo: Reuters) |
| Dust covered with a wheelchair outside the Sky Harbor International Airport, Phoenix. |
| Clip dust storm turned day into night in Gilbert, Arizona. |
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